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Clay Corp. of Calif.

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109290
MRDS ID M012031
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Corp. of Calif.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.31687, 38.90767 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY S1/2 4,NW1/4 SEC. 9.160 ACRES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12N 06E 04,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.31687, 38.90767
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A REMNANT OF THE IONE FORMATION, CONTAINING VALUABLE CLAY DEPOSITS, COVERED BY ANDESITE-AGGLOMERATE. EST. MORE THAN A MILLION TONS OF CLAY AVAILABLE IN 1927.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lincoln

Comments on the production information

  • APPROX. 50,000 TONS ANNUALLY (AS OF 1926)

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT FACE IN 1927 WAS 1700 FT. LONG. PRINCIPAL USES ARE FOR ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA, FIRE BRICK AND STONEWARE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 99, P.147-151

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

  • Deposit

    REPORT 17 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 442; 23 REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 239-240

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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